Jesus

Edited by David F. Ford and Mike Higton

Jesus

Edited by David F. Ford and Mike Higton

Description

This Oxford Reader brings together an extensive range of ancient and modern documents to convey the many ways in which the figure of Jesus has stimulated and provoked responses over the last 2,000 years. It features more than 340 extracts, including familiar material from key texts in the history of doctrine alongside a diverse sampling of devotional, popular, liturgical, historical-critical, philosophical, and mystical texts. Selections include extracts from poems, songs, and plays, as well as from polemics, commentaries, manifestos, treatises, letters, novels, liturgies, and creeds. The rich and complex variety of responses to Jesus is represented in Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Zoroastrian texts.

Jesus

Edited by David F. Ford and Mike Higton

Table of Contents

General IntroductionPART 1. BIBLICAL AND PATRISTIC: To AD 451 The Life of JesusJesus the SaviorTypology and ApologyThe Development of ChristianityPART 2. BYZANTINE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL: 451-1208 Contemplating ChristChrist and CultureByzantine and Early Medieval DebatesChrist beyond ChristianityPART 3. LATER MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE: 1209-1516 Following ChristThe Benefits of Christ's PassionJesus and JudaismPART 4. REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION: 1517-1600 Christ and his BenefitsChrist in Word and SacramentChrist in Two NaturesPursuing ChristPART 5. EARLY MODERNITY: 1601-1789 The Drama of ChristCrucified for MeDiscussing DoctrineThe EnlightenmentPART 6. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: 1790-1913 The Historical JesusHumilityChrist and the SpiritLife in ChristLooking EastwardsPART 7. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1914-2000 CrisisThe Historical JesusChrist and SalvationRetelling the StoryGod IncarnateJesus beyond ChristianityThe Face of Christ